News and Commentary

Patricia Spork Update June 8, 2018 So much important news occurs daily that I’ve focused more on sharing some of that news on social media, rather than writing news-related opinions here. And with all the censorship occurring, I totally stopped making videos. I’d just started learning about how to create them. Needless to say, enthusiasm […]

Words used incorrectly in some article sentences or image captions found during reading of articles in December 2017 and January/February 2018 were used in a free-flow fiction writing exercise imposed upon myself this morning. Valentine’s Day is the theme. Shopping for Valentine’s Day became the story plot, since the first incorrect word used was “plot,” […]

What Happened to Patricia Spork? Wondered what happened to me to cause no blog postings in past couple of months? Here’s a list of the main reasons: 1. Brother had stroke/seizure and hospitalized, twice, and now in rehabilitation center. Therapy is ongoing with good results. 2. Youngest grandson had surgery and is doing well. 3. […]

Madagascar Plague Update and Canned Reporting Madagascar plague outbreak was in the news for a few weeks, but recently, no longer in headlines…at least from those I’ve been reading. So, decided to check out the situation by researching online at the World Health Organization [WHO]. Here’s a short update: On November 25, 2017 the “containment” […]

Pandering Pandemics Did you know there is now a “pandemic bond”of interest to certain “investors, asset managers, pension funds and endowments”? Is the bond pandering pandemics in any way? Appears to me the “pandemic bond” is an ideal solution for raising funds to handle epidemics and pandemics, but it also appears to be a potential […]

CO2 Hoopla If you’re aware of global warming, or should I say ‘climate change’ than you’ve been bombarded by the hoopla of CO2 . . . you know, the consequences of its overabundance. So I found all the hoopla to be ironic when reading a June 21, 2017 article about a “long-term” (”decade-long”) experiment in […]

Dead Donkey in a Vein Having owned a couple of donkeys throughout the years, I know a little bit about their temperament and how loyal and protective they can be when befriended by human or animal. I believe it was in June that a video surfaced showing a donkey pushed to its death at a […]

Hey, hey, hey! Read an interesting article in early July about pest insects and other tiny “critters”. One sentence began with “She”, but most likely should have been ‘The’. Word usage caused a tickling sporkplode. Since a note about that article topped my growing list of blogging material, it’s now the main subject of my […]

Hi! Sorry for being negligent blogging. I’ve started a video channel: Patricia Spork “sporkplodes”. New at creating and editing videos, so going through the learning process. Published the first video today, an introduction about the channel and me. If you watch the video, you’ll see I’m an ‘ol country bumpkin and not a presentation speaker. […]

Opening sentence to a major news story published July 2, 2017: “A shootout erupted around 10:30pm on Sunday night in Avignon, southern France, when two gunmen opened fire on a crowd outside the Arrahma mosque leaving either people injured…” During article read, realized “either” should have been numeral ‘eight’. No correction as of this date […]